The G Locrian scale

All notes of the G Locrian scale: G, Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F. The only mode with a diminished fifth above the tonic, which is why it rarely stands on its own.

Locrian is one of the seven modes — what a mode is, with all seven to listen to.

The notes

Steps in semitones: 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 2

On the keyboard

Guitar

Ukulele

G major
G minor
G harmonic minor
G melodic minor
G Dorian
G chord

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Every note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.